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2. Omaruru, Damara-laiu], 3 1st Oct. Crowley Bequest. 

 ( C. J. Andersson : Tristram 

 Coll.). 



Genus MELITTOPHAGUS, Fyoi^. 



Melittophagus swinhoei {Hume). 



Merops swinhoei, Lcf/ffc, Birds Ceijhm, p. ZV2 (1878). 



Melittophagus quinticolor, Dresser, Mon. Merop. p. 115 (1885) ; Oates 



ed. Hume, Nests ^- Em/s Ind. Birds, iii. p. 67 (1890). 

 Melittophagus swiuhoei, Sharpc, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 55 (1892) ; 



Blauf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 114 (1895) ; Sharps, Iland-l. 



ii. p.' 73 (1900). 



The eggs of the Chestnut-headed Bee-eater measure from -77 to 

 •92 in length, and from "72 to "81 in breadth. 



10. Nilghiri Hills, S. India, 26th Hume Coll. 

 March. 



2. Nilghiri Hills. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Ceylon, 16th May {A. L. Butler). Crowley Bequest. 



4. Tenasseriui, 2ad April (C. T. Hume Coll. 



Bingham). 



5. Yea, Tenasserim, 26th March Hume Coll. 



( W. Davisoti). 

 47. Salang, Malay Peninsula, ]6th Hume Coll. 

 March (J. Darling). 



2. Salang, 16th March (Jl Darling). Crowley Beqtiest. 



Genus MEROPS, Linn. 



Merops bicolor, Bodd. 



Merops bicolor, Dresser, Mon. Mcrop. p. 27 (1884); Sfeere, List Birds Sf 

 Mamm. Philipp. p. 9 (1890) ; Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 60 

 (1892) ; id. Hand-l. ii. p. 73 (1900). 



Three eggs of the Chestnut-and-Green Bee-eater measure respec- 

 tively : -91 by -78 ; -91 by -78 ; -9 by -79. 



3. Marinduque Isl., Philippines. Steere Exped. 



Merops sumatranus, Baffl. 



Merops sumatranus. Sharps, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 329 ; Dresser, Mon. Merop. 

 p. 23 (1884); Evsrett, List Birds Borneo, p. 164 (1889); Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 61 (1892); Hose, Ibis, 1893, p. 4il; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 159 (1899) ; Butler, Juurn. Bomb. Nat. 

 Hist. Soc. xii. p. 773 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 73 (1900). 



The eggs of the Sumatran Bee-eater measure from 'SS to 1 ia 

 length, and from -75 to -So in breadth. 



8. Singapore, 17th May ( 11'. Dariso?i). Hume Coll. 



4. Ivirneo (Sir Hugh Low). (rrowley Bequest. ' 

 viir.. III. K 



